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Nurses caring for families – issues in a multiracial society
Author(s) -
CHEVANNES MEL
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of clinical nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.94
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1365-2702
pISSN - 0962-1067
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2702.1997.tb00299.x
Subject(s) - ethnic group , race (biology) , affect (linguistics) , nursing , health care , psychology , medicine , gerontology , sociology , gender studies , political science , communication , anthropology , law
Summary• Social, racial and ethnic factors are examined as key issues which affect nurses caring for families. • A co‐ordinated approach to caring for all families means that diverse clinical or therapeutic nursing may result. • Quality caring for all families requires improved education, at pre‐ and post‐registration levels, about the relationship between race and ethnicity and families' health, and the treatment regimens undertaken by families. • Effective caring for families from different social, racial and ethnic groups is still at a rudimentary level. • Orem's (1989) self‐care nursing model is explored to show how ethnic differences and similarities among families are incorporated into caring.